We have designed the website of the Nihon Ki-in (Japanese Go Association) with the focus on accessibility. As the format for accessibility, we use a style sheet. The browser you are looking at now is not designed to cope with this style sheet, so the resulting display may differ. You can acquire the information without any problem.

now in progress 68
past 67   66   65   64   63   62   61   60   59   58   57   56   55   54   53
52   ･･･


Tournament name Honinbo Title
Sponsor The Mainichi Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in
Support  -
Special assistance  -
Assistance Daiwa Securities Group
Special cooperation  -
Cooperation  -
Winner's prize 32,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off best-of-seven title match
Tournament system The winner of the eight-player league plays in the title match.
Time allowance Title match: 8 hours per player. League: 5 hours per player.
Byo-yomi Title match: 10 minutes before end of time allowance; league: 5 minutes before.
komi 6.5
Qualification for participation All professionals.
Rules for retaining places and seeds Retaining places: top four players
Year of founding 1940


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
67 2012 Iyama Yuta 4-3 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
66 2011 Yamashita Keigo 4-3 Hane Naoki 6.5
65 2010 Yamashita Keigo 4-1 Hane Naoki 6.5
64 2009 Hane Naoki 4-2 Takao Shinji 6.5
63 2008 Hane Naoki 4-3 Takao Shinji 6.5
62 2007 Takao Shinji 4-1 Yoda Norimoto 6.5
61 2006 Takao Shinji 4-2 Yamada Kimio 6.5
60 2005 Takao Shinji 4-1 Cho U 6.5
59 2004 Cho U 4-2 Yoda Norimoto 6.5
58 2003 Cho U 4-2 Kato Masao 5.5
57 2002 Kato Masao 4-2 O Meien 5.5
56 2001 O Meien 4-3 Cho U 5.5
55 2000 O Meien 4-2 Cho Chikun 5.5
54 1999 Cho Sonjin 4-2 Cho Chikun 5.5
53 1998 Cho Chikun 4-2 O Rissei 5.5
52 1997 Cho Chikun 4-0 Kato Masao 5.5
51 1996 Cho Chikun 4-2 Ryu Shikun 5.5
50 1995 Cho Chikun 4-1 Kato Masao 5.5
49 1994 Cho Chikun 4-3 Kataoka Satoshi 5.5
48 1993 Cho Chikun 4-1 Yamashiro Hiroshi 5.5
47 1992 Cho Chikun 4-3 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
46 1991 Cho Chikun 4-2 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
45 1990 Cho Chikun 4-3 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
44 1989 Cho Chikun 4-0 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
43 1988 Takemiya Masaki 4-3 Otake Hideo 5.5
42 1987 Takemiya Masaki 4-0 Yamashiro Hiroshi 5.5
41 1986 Takemiya Masaki 4-1 Yamashiro Hiroshi 5.5
40 1985 Takemiya Masaki 4-1 Rin Kaiho 5.5
39 1984 Rin Kaiho 4-1 Awaji Syuzo 5.5
38 1983 Rin Kaiho 4-3 Cho Chikun 5.5
37 1982 Cho Chikun 4-2 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
36 1981 Cho Chikun 4-2 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
35 1980 Takemiya Masaki 4-1 Kato Kensei 5.5
34 1979 Kato Kensei 4-1 Rin Kaiho 5.5
33 1978 Kato Kensei 4-3 Ishida Yoshio 5.5
32 1977 Kato Masao 4-1 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
31 1976 Takemiya Masaki 4-1 Ishida Shuho 5.5
30 1975 Ishida Shuho 4-3 Sakata Eio 5.5
29 1974 Ishida Shuho 4-3 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
28 1973 Ishida Shuho 4-0 Rin Kaiho 5.5
27 1972 Ishida Shuho 4-3 Rin Kaiho 5.5
26 1971 Ishida Yoshio 4-2 Rin Kaiho 5.5
25 1970 Rin Kaiho 4-0 Sakata Eio 5.5
24 1969 Rin Kaiho 4-2 Kato Masao 5.5
23 1968 Rin Kaiho 4-3 Sakata Eiju 5.5
22 1967 Sakata Eiju 4-1 Rin Kaiho 5.5
21 1966 Sakata Eiju 4-0 Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
20 1965 Sakata Eiju 4-0 Yamabe Toshiro 5.5
19 1964 Sakata Eiju 4-0 Takagawa Shukaku 5.5
18 1963 Sakata Eiju 4-2 Takagawa Shukaku 5.5
17 1962 Sakata Eiju 4-1 Handa Dogen 5.5
16 1961 Sakata Eio 4-1 Takagawa Shukaku 5.5
15 1960 Takagawa Shukaku 4-2 Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
14 1959 Takagawa Shukaku 4-2 Kitani Minoru 5.5
13 1958 Takagawa Shukaku 4-2 Sugiuchi Masao 5.5
12 1957 Takagawa Shukaku 4-2 Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
11 1956 Takagawa Shukaku 4-2 Shimamura Toshihiro 5.5
10 1955 Takagawa Shukaku 4-0 Shimamura Toshihiro 5.5
9 1954 Takagawa Shukaku 4-2 Sugiuchi Masao 5.5
8 1953 Takagawa Shukaku 4-2 Kitani Minoru 5.5
7 1952 Takagawa Kaku 4-1 Hashimoto Shou 5.5
6 1951 Hashimoto Shou 4-3 Sakata Eio 5.5
5 1950 Hashimoto Utaro 4-0 Iwamoto Kunwa 5.5
4 1947 Iwamoto Kunwa 3-2 Kitani Minoru 4.5
3 1945 Iwamoto Kaoru 3-3 Hashimoto Shou 0
2 1943 Hashimoto Utaro 1-0 Sekiyama Risen 4.5
1 1941 Sekiyama Riichi 3-3 Kato Shin 0